“The direction of my painting has always had an academic approach. I sought a subject that in itself seemed to have little value, hoping that the paint alone would attack the viewer’s senses and impart its own worth. I often think of the process of painting and indeed the finished artwork itself, in musical terms: rhythm, texture, coloration and tonal dynamics.
In painting glass one is attempting to render a surface that is composed entirely of either refracted of reflected light. The subject itself is constantly changing as each jar interacts with objects around it. The raised lettering on the jars and bottles have, by their prismatic nature, an ability to capture tone and color from one side of the composition and pull it, in microcosm, to the other. The rhythmic nature of this lettering provides a musical stave onto which the decaying light, the tonal crescendos scribe a melody. It is an endless path of discovery.